Numby, if the good Lord had intended that you swim to your spot, He would have given you 5mm thick skin and left the prehensile tail intact as a rod-holder...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.